Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/San Rafael Fire Department


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The result was   keep. Lankiveil (speak to me) 06:00, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

San Rafael Fire Department

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The references show no more than proof of existence. Large city fire departments are usually notable, but San Rafael has a population of 57,000  DGG ( talk ) 01:02, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete: Slim references for a slim entry on an ultra-niche topic. DocumentError (talk) 07:16, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep The references provided include two books — Early San Rafael and Modern San Rafael — which do more than tell that the institution exists. They tell us when it was founded, where it was located, what the equipment was and even the names of its horses.  This is evidently significant coverage and there seems to be plenty more to find out there.  Andrew (talk) 12:38, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and DocumentError.  GregJackP   Boomer!   16:33, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep San Rafael is one of many ring cities around San Francisco and most of those also have fire department articles, of comparable size (7 stations here and across the bay in Richmond.. Oakland the largest has 24). See no compelling reason to start deleting the SF area fire stations on grounds of size, and sources do exist. -- User:Green Cardamom 15:49, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
 * probably  some of these are inappropriate as well.  DGG ( talk ) 16:40, 29 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep More sources have been found for the article concerning the San Rafael's Fire Department's shared services agreements with neighboring cities: see  . There's significant coverage for this article. Altamel (talk) 19:32, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:34, 1 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep as weakly meeting WP:GNG per online sources. Source examples:, , , . Northamerica1000(talk) 01:35, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Update: Found coverage in two national magazines on firefighting. See . These are nationally circulating sources that satisfy the audience requirement for sources. Altamel (talk) 04:54, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. The sources cited above demonstrate notability. James500 (talk) 17:40, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
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